Azealia Banks to Make Her Acting Debut
Azealia Banks will make her big screen acting debut in Brooklyn-set drama that will be directed by RZA, titled “Coco.”
Banks will play the title character, who is described as “an aspiring twenty-something rapper who wants a career in hip hop, but is torn by her parents’ dreams that she finish college. She gives in. While in the classroom, she experiences the true calling of the power of the spoken word, which helps her goals as a hip hop artist.”
The Film is about a young hiphop artist trying to make it in the industry while also trying to finish college. According to Time, other celebrities to star in the film are, Common, Jill Scott, Lucien Laviscount and Hana Mae Lee. No reports have been made about a premiere date.
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